| Show BULLFROG ROAD I TO I Clark Line to Be Extended at ati i Once to Big Nevada Camps I I OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT I t c I J I ROSS CLARK OU OUTLINES TH THE E EPLAN PLAN I l I I T J Ross Rc Clark president of the La LaI Las I Vegas Tonopah Railroad company I before leaving for Butte last night I made the announcement th that t he had re reI received received I instructions from his brother Senator W A Clark to proceed at once with the final surveys and construction oi of the Las Vegas Tonopah road from Bullfrog to Goldfield and Tonopah Mr Clark said that these the e instructions I would be carried out to the letter and that th the surveys would be extended at atI I once from Bullfrog to Goldfield and To Tonopah and that this would be followed up by the grading construction construction tion of the road as soon as material for that purpose could be assembled lie He said that the work of surveys and Jo I cation and procuring of material would I be earned forward while the road was being completed to BeaUy Beatty and Rhyolite wasI I so that there would be no delay on this account Mine Owners Want the Road The determination to extend th the Bull Buil Bullfrog fro frog line to Tono Tonopah h and so tap practically practically I cally all of the big new Nevada camps is due in part to assurances from many of the me operators in the territory to tobe be reached that they will do everything in their power to insure its prosperity They have let it be known that they want the line Hue badly adly and want to insure the same liberal arrangements as to terminals and other facilities in Gold t 4 field and Tonopah that were given in inI I Beatty and Rhyolite I What the construction of th the n new I Clark road will moon mean to the mining di districts may be understood by a corn com comparison parison of t th e distance bet between een Salt Lake and Tonopah and Goldfield over the two routes From Salt Lake to Tonopah via Las Vegas is miles by the northern route it is miles further The southern line Hue has few bea heavy Y grades and for the greater part of the way offers a gravity haul on ores oreg and mine products as against th the he vy com construction and expensive operation over oyer the stiff grades or of the northerly line Shortest Line to Camps From Salt Lake to Ic Bullfrog the Salt Lake line is only 48 miles nearly It O miles shorter r than any po possible ible line that could be built In connection with fth the north northern rn route When the Clark line Is In operation it will reduce the time between Salt Lake an an the Nevada eada camps by hours and obviate the attending connections the other wa way the tIte outlook for the new ne net t through h road is most moat promising and its completion wm will mean much to Salt Lake In the way of new business Tab Tabulated ulsted the distances on the ne new route will be Salt Lake to Las Vegas miles Las Vegas to Rhyolite miles Rhyolite to 74 miles Goldfield to 7 miles Preliminary stir sur surveys veys between the Bullfrog camps and Tonopah have already been made and following Senator Clarks directions to President nt T J Ross Ro s Clark the engineers will take th the fi field ld Immediately to make th the final surveys and location The pre surveys on the HIe extension de developed no greet great difficulties in the way of grades or construction obstacles and nd although it will take some time to k assemble material for the work no UtI un unusual usual delay in g getting down to actual con Is anticipated |
